Question

Ramesh has six shoes of three styles
and 24 socks half of which are black
and half of which are brown. How
many shoes and socks should be b
select in the dark to have a matching
pair of sockes and matching pair of
shoes?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ramesh have max picks=3.

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Step-by-step explanation:

you need to consider the worst case here. Consider 3 brands as brand1,brand2,brand3. Now I start picking. First pick i got brand1,2nd brand2,3rd brand3. In the next pick i will surely match any one of the brands i already have.(only 3 brands are there in the box) So max picks=4. For the socks, both black and brown are dark colors. So consider worst case again: first pick i get black,2nd brown and in the 3rd pick i match any of them i already got.

so, Ramesh have max picks=3.

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